Machine for slitting sheets of paper or the like.



No. 774,454. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

L. H. RICE.

MACHINE FOR SLITTING sHEBTs OP-PAPER OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1903.

N0 MODEL. 7SHEETS-SHBET 1.

No. 774,454. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

' L. H. RICE.

- MACHINE FOR SLITTING SHEETS OF PAPER OR THE LIKE.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 24, 1903.

NO MODEL. 7s IS-SHEET 2. F}

w mm w W No. 774,454. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

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MACHINE FOR SLITTING SHEETS OF PAPER OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24,-1903. MDEL- 7SHEETS-SHEET '3.

044M444 AARJW No. 774,454. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

' L. H. RICE.

MACHINE FOR SLITTING SHEETS OF PAPER OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1903. NO MODEL 7SHBETS-SHEET 4.

No. 774,454. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

L. H. RICE.

MACHINE FOR SLITTING SHEETS OF PAPER OR THE LIKE.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 24, 1903.

N0 MODEL, 'ISHILETS-SHEET 5.

No. 774,454. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

' L. H. RICE.

MACHINE FOR SLITTING SHEETS OF PAPER OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1903.

N0 MODEL. 7 7SHEETSSHEBT 6.

No. 774,454. PATENTED NOV. '8', 1904.

V L. RICE. MACHINE PORSLITTING SHEETS OF PAPER OR THE LIKE.

APYLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1903.

N0 MODEL. 'ISHEETS-BHEET 7.

UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904;

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PATENT LOIVELL H. RICE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,454, dated. November 8, 1904.

Application filed July 24, 1903.

To all whom, it inrty concern.-

Be it known that I, LOWELL H. RICE, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of llli--v nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Slitting Sheets of Paper or the Like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to machines for slitting or cutting paper, bristols, or cardboards or the like.

Paper slitters or cutters of present usage operated by a lever cannot effect the clean accurate cut desired in cutting paper into equalsized sheets. This lack of accuracy is due largely to the density of the paper forcing the cutting-knife out of its intended cutting-plane.

My invention consists, first, in the mechanism for cutting or slitting sheets of paper with accuracy.

It consists, second, in the mechanism for effecting a number of slits in one operation.

It consists, third, in the mechanism for regulating the number of slits to be made in one operation.

It consists, fourth, in the mechanism for regulating the distances between the slits when more than one is made in one operation.

ing the paper into the machine.

It consists, sixth, in the mechanism for smoothing the paper for presentment to the cutting edge with accuracy.

It consists, seventh, in the mechanism for forwarding and delivering the sheet after the operation of slitting has been performed.

It consists, eighth, in the various novel devices and combinations of the same herein illustrated and described, together with their mechanical equivalents, and pointed out with more particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective- Serial No. 166,814. (No model.)

i Fig. 2 and looking toward the right. Fig. 4

is a view of the left side elevation of my machine as shown in Fig. 1 with the hand-wheel and belt pulleys removed, showing the gears. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are details showing the gripping mechanism of the front or cutting cylinder. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are details showing the front guide and smoothing-brush. Fig. 11 is a cross-sectional detail of the rear or delivery cylinder, showing the clutching mechanism used for delivering the sheet after be- .ing cut. Figs. 12, 13, and 14 are details showing the particular construction of the upper or adjustable cutters, Fig. 12 being a front end view of one of the cutters, Fig. 13 being a sectional view of a cutter, taken through the line 13 13 of Fig. 12, and Fig. 1.4 being a cross-sectional view of the cutter, taken across one of the cutters at a point .shown at line 14 14 of Fig. 13.

More particularly described, A designates the frame of the machine. It comprises side members each of which consists of two legs For standards A. and A the leg A being somewhat longer than the leg A, a connecting top 'meniber A a lower member A", and intermediate cross members A and A, said side members being joined together by upper and lower cross members A and A". It consists, fifth, in the mechanism for feed- The slitting or cutting mechanism of my invention is described as follows: It consists of a series of upper cylindrical cutters BB B and a lower and coacting cutting-cylinder U. The upper cutters B B are secured to the shaft B, which extends across'the machine from side to side near the front and is secured above the top members A A of the frame. The ends of the shaft B arejournaled onto the arms B B which rest upon the top members A A of I the frame. These arms B B are pivoted at one end B B to, the top of the standards A A and extend backward upon the top members A A The free ends of the arms B B are fitted with adjusting-screws B B, by the operation of which the arms B B can be turned upon the pivots B B and the cutter-shaft B be raised or lowered in its relation to the frame of the machine, thereby regulating the position of the cutters B B.

W'hen the shaft is properly adjusted to the 5 machine by the operation of the adjustingscrews B B, it is held firmly in place by the clamps B B", which are bolted to the top faces of the top members A A". One end of the shaft B projects beyond the frame of the machine and is fitted with a gear The details of the upper cutters B B are illustrated in Figs. 12, 13, and 14 of the drawings and may be described as follows: Each cutter is cylindrical in form and is feathered onto the shaft B, as shown, I), and may be firmly secured to said shaft B by the action of the set-screws 5. The cutter B consists of two parts 6 and 7), made, preferably, of cast metal. The partb contains the set-screw I)" and may thereby be firmly secured to the shaft B. The part b bears the cutter-knife 6 and is movably secured to the part b and is movable upon the shaft B within the limitations allowed by its connection with the part b, to be described. Both parts b and 7) are bored and fitted to be feathered upon the shaft B. The part 7) is fitted at one side with a deep recess, designed to receive a corresponding shank of the part 7). The part Z) is fitted with a number of spring-seated posts U U", which project beyond the surface of the shank of said part 7) and toward the part 7). The purpose of the said posts 6 7) is to hold the parts 6 and Z1 normally away from the point of their closest contact. The surface of the part b and parallel with' the spring-posts 6" b is fitted with an elongated slot 5". Through the shell of the recessed portion of the part I) and in relation to the slot 7) of the part b is passed a screw 5 the lower end of which engages with the slot 5" and resting against the end of said slot holds the parts 7) and 7/ in engagement one with the other. With the parts 6 and 7) joined as just described the shank of 5 lies within the recessed portion of the part I), but is held out of closest contact with the part b by the spring-posts 1/ b. If, however, power is applied to force the parts into closest contact, the springs of the posts If U will yield to the pressure and the parts move into closer contact, the screw 6 sliding along the slot I)". WVith the pressure removed, however, the parts will spring back to their normal position. This construction gives to the outward face of the part b the property of resiliency. The cutter-knife b is a circular band of hardened steel, the circumference of which is ground to a slightly-beveled edge. This knife is secured to the outward face of the part I) by means of the screws 7), the portion of the knife through which the said screws 7) 6 pass being retired from the plane of the cutting edge to prevent interference by the screws with the cutting edge of the lower cutting-knives to be described. The cutters B B may be removed from the shaft B by freeing the end of the shaft opposite the gear end from the clamp B and the arm B Then release the setscrew and slide the cutter off the freed end of the shaft B. The second or lower cutting edge consists of a cylinder C lying below and parallel to said cutter-shaft B and firmly secured to the shaft C, which passes from side to side of said machine and is journaled upon the intermediate cross members A A". One end of the shaft C extends beyond the surface of the frame A and bears the gear C, which coacts with the gear B of the cuttershaft B. The cylinder consists of two heads C C, one of which is rigidly secured to the shaft C and the other feathered upon said shaft, and a series of cylindrical cutters CG (J, feathered upon said shaft (J intermediate the heads C C and separated from the heads C C and from each other by the washers C" C. The cutters are held tightly in position between the heads C" G upon the shaft C by means of a series of tie-bolts C G which pass through the cutters C U and secure them to the heads C 0 The cutters C C may be adjusted in position upon the shaft 0 by releasing the tie-bolts and then inserting and removing the washers C, which are slotted to pass around the shaft C and the tie-bolts C G. Then the whole may be again locked and when so locked presents a solid cylindrical surface, the cutters U (l protruding beyond the washers C, the latter being the smaller in diameter. The cutters C 0 consist of disks 0 c, bored to accommodate the shaft C and the bolts 0 C and knives c 0, consisting of circular bands of approximately the same diameter as the disks 0 c and secured one upon the same face of each of the disks 0 c by screws 0 The circumference of the disks ccpresents a smooth surface intended to bear the sheet of paper during slitting, and the circumference of the knives c 0 presents a beveled edge which coacts with the edge of the cutters B B. The disks 0 c are recessed, C, to accommodate the gripping device to be hereinafter described.

The delivery -cylinder D is intended to carry away the sheets of paper after the slitting operation and is described as follows: The delivery-cylinder D lies immediately back of and parallel with the cutting-cylinder (1 is of equal diameter therewith, and is supported by the shaft D, which is journaled to the intermediate cross members A A and the shaft D bears on one end the gear D, coacting with the gear U of the cutting-cylinder G The delivery-cylinder consists of two heads D D and a series of wheels D, set at suitable distances apart and adjustably se cured to the said shaft D by means of setscrews. The circumferences of the wheels D D present smooth surfaces. Each wheel D D is recessed, D", to receive the deliverygrippers, as hereinafter described. The gear D is adjustably connected to the end of the shaft D, as is indicated at D, which adjustment has for its purpose the accurate regulation of the action of the cylinder 1) in rela-.

tion with the cutting-cylinder C Carrying paper into and through a machine is a more diflicult operation than that of carrying mill-boards or other stiff materials, which may be fed through by pushing. Paper, having little or no stiffness, should be pulled through the machine. I have therefore adapted for that purpose in my invention two series of grippers E and F, the former being attached to the cutting-cylinder and the latter to the delivery-cylinder. The grippers E are intended to grasp the paper sheet by its forward edge when it enters the machine and hold it until the sheet is slit and ready to be transferred to the delivery-cylinder D The construction of the grippers E may be described as follows: A shaft 6 passes through the recesses C of the disks 0 0 of the cylinder C and through suitable perforations in the other parts of the cylinder C and is journaled in the cylinder-heads C 0 Fitted upon this shaft 6 and corresponding in position with the recesses C (1 are a number of finger-shaped grippers e e e,. each provided with a setscrew These grippers e e are designed to clamp upon the surface of the disks 0 0 at intervals in the operation of the machine and at other intervals to retire below the surface of said disks 1; a and into the recesses G C.

One end of the said shaft 6 protrudes from the outer face of said head O and attached thereto at its center is a slotted tumbler 6 To one end 6* of the tumbler is pivoted the end of a spring-post e", the other end of which post passes through an eyebolt a, secured to the outer face of the cylinder-head C Said eyebolt 6 forms a shoulder against which rests one end of the spring 6 of the post a. Protruding from the frame of the machine and coacting with said tumbler e are two studs e and e. In its relation to the shaft 0 the stud 0 stands outside the plane of the circle described by said shaft 0 in the rotation of the cylinder (1 and the stud 0 lies within such plane, as is shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. In the rotation of the cyl: inder upon the approach to the position of the stud e the grippers 6 lie in a retired position within the recess C. The tumbler 0 lies in such a position that the end opposite to that to which the springpost 6 is attached is extended upward and forward. l/Vhen the position of the stud a is reached, the upward projecting end of the tumbler e" strikes the stud a which slides into the slot of said tumbler a. The shaft a passing beneath the stud e forces the tumbler e to describe the arc of a circle forward and under the stud e the spring-post e yielding to the pressure. With this are described the stud passes out of the slotted tumbler This action throws the grippers e 6 out of the recess C O and into a clamping position upon the surface of the inward toward the stud e.

disks 0 0 of the cylinder C They are held firmly in this position by the action of the spring-post 6 it having exerted its power after having passed the center formed by the eyebolt e and the shaft 0 in the above-described movement. The grippers e e are thrown out of the above-described engagement when in the further rotation of the cylinder C the tumbler a strikes the stud a. When the tumbler e approaches the stud e, the forward end 0' is projecting downward or When the position of the stud a is reached, the forward end. of the tumbler strikes the stud a, which passes into the said slot. The shaft 6 then passes above the position of the stud e and is forced to describe a segment in a manner the reverse of the action caused by the stud 0 described hereinbefore. The stud e is so placed upon the frame of the machine as to throw the grippers e a into clamping position at the point where the paper sheet enters the machine. The stud e is so placed as to throw the grip-, pers out of position and release the paper when the operation of slitting shall have been completed and the paper is ready to be delivered to the cylinder D The action of disengagement of the grippers a must be in eXact relation with the gripping device E of the delivery-cylinder D which'grips and takes up the slit sheet upon its release by the gripping device E. 1

The gripping device F, as suggested, is intended to take up the slit sheet when released by the gripping device E and hold it in. position on the delivery-cylinder D while being passed out of the machine. It is described as follows: A shaft f passes through the recesses D in the wheels D and is journaled within the heads 1) D Upon this shaft f are fitted the grippers f f, one of which lies upon the shaftfin relation to each of the wheels D. The grippers f are fitted with screws f which permit adjustment of the grippers. One end of the shaft f protrudes beyond the outer face of the head D and is fitted with a crank or lever arm f which has on its free end a small roller f". This roller) lies in relation to and coacts with the cam f which is attached to the frame of the machine and adjacent to the head D This cam f is secured to the frame of the machine in some adjustable manner, as shown at f. This adjustment permits of the regulation of the time of action of the gripping device F. Adjacent to the lever f but atan angle therewith, there is attached to the said shaft f another crank or lever arm f To the free end of the lever-arm f there is pivoted one end of a spring-seated post the other end of which passes through an eyebolt f' secured to the head D The said eyebolt f acts as a shoulder for one. end of the spring of said post f. The levers f and f are arranged upon the shaft f at such an angle that when in the rotation of the cylinder D the roller f" engages with the cam the grippersf f are held upward and out of contact with the face of the wheels D D and the spring of the postf is compressed. \Vhen in the further rotation of the cylinder D the roller f" passes away from contact with the camf the spring of the post f S asserts itself and the grippers f f are thrown into clamping position upon the face of the wheels D D. The cam is so arranged that in the rotation of the cylinder D the roller f" leaves the cam f at the time when the grippers f f come adjacent to the cylinder C and the paper sheet is released from the grippers a c of the said cylinder C The grippers f" f then take up the paper sheet and carry it upon the delivery-cylinder D to the point where it meets the receiving-table R, at which time the roller f again engages with the cam f and the grippers f f are thrown upward and out of engagement, and the paper sheet passes from the cylinder D onto the table R with the operation completed.

1 provide in my invention a feed-table T, which consists of a broad smooth sheet of wood or metal secured upon the top members A A of the frame and inclined toward the cutting mechanism, hereinbefore described. The forward edge of the table T projects over the cutting-cylinder G and has affixed to its forward edge a thin sheet of metal t, which is slotted along its forward edge to allow the grippers c e c to grip the paper sheet upon the cylinder C before the front edge of such paper sheet passes from such slotted projection t. The paper sheet, which is illustrated as P in the drawings, is placed upon the inclined table T, and 1 must provide some means of regulating the position of the forward edge of such sheet P when it is gripped by the grippers e c. I therefore provide the guides G G, (shown in detail Figs. 9 and 10,) described as follows: The guides are several in number and each consists of two parts g and g, the former of which telescopes into the latter. The part g carries at one end a guideplate 9 against which the paper sheet is made to rest. The part g is a tube into one end of which is telescoped the part 9, and the other end is fitted with an adjusting-screw g which engages g and by means of which g is regulated. The clamp-screw g is intended to clamp the part g in adjusted position. The part 9 is affixed to a shaft g and held in position thereon by a clamp-screwy. The shaft 9 extends across the frame of the machine in front of the cutting mechanism and is journaled onto the top members A A One end of the shaft projects beyond the outer face of the top member A at the side adjacent to the gears, hereinbefore described, and bears a lever-arm g fitted at its free end with a small roller g This roller g engages with a cam g, which is secured to the inner face of the gear C The part g of the guide projects from the shaft toward the cutting meehan ism and in normal position is designed to rest upon the slotted projection t of the table T, as shown in Fig. 9. \Vhen, however, in the rotation of the gear C the cam 7" comes into contact with the small roller the shaft is rotated backward from the cutting mechanism, thereby lifting the part 9 free from the projection t. This is shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings. The guides G G normally lie upon the slotted end of the table T, and against the guide-plate g g the sheet P is made to slide and straighten for its even entrance into the machine when caught by the grippers c a. The cam g is so placed. upon the gear C that in operation it engages the small roller g and lifts the guides Gr G from the table at the moment the grippers a a engage the sheet P. When the sheet P shall have passed into the machine, the roller 1 is disengaged from the 'cam g and the guides of their own weight drop onto the table and catch and adjust the succeeding sheet P.

Paper having little rigidity and being highly flexible, it is found necessary to provide some means of flattening or smoothing the sheets P from any unevenness of surface accruing from careless handling. For this purpose I provide a brushing device H, which lies just behind the guides Gr and is designed to drop onto the paper sheet P just previous to its being taken up by the grippers e and the guides Ur Gr raised from the table T. This brushing mechanism consists of a brush It, curved arms it, the shaft if, the lever-arms lb if [0 and the cam 75. The brush la is a long narrow brush which lies parallel to the cutting-cylinder C and extends the width of the machine. It is attached by knuckle-joints to two curved arms h it, which are so curved that the brush it may rest upon the paper sheet P lying upon the table T and the arms h It may pass over the upper cutter B B and be attached to a shaft I1 which is secured to the frame of the machine and in front of the said cutters B B. This shaft if is journaled to the upper end of the standards A A or upwardlyextended projections therefrom. The arms 71. it are permanently attached hereto. The cam it is attached to the shaft G, and an engagement of the said cam 71, with the shaft if is effected through the medium of the leverarms 703, it", and forming a compound lever by means of which in operation the brush 7b is raised from the paper sheet P and again allowed to drop upon it. The cam it is so placed upon the shaft C that in operation the leverarm h engages said cam h and lifts the brush /r from the table 2, after the paper has passed into the machine at the moment the guides G G drop onto the table T to receive the succeeding sheet P. The cam 7L passes out of engagement with the lever-arm 7L5 and permits the brush h to drop of its own weight onto the sheetP just previous to the time the grippers 0' 6 take the sheet P. The knuckle-joints by which the brush it is joined to the arms it it prevent the weight of the arms h h adding to the pressure upon the sheet P in case of faulty adjustment of the parts. This adjustment is secured in the lift-dog or lever-arm if, which is adjustably secured to the shaft 7L2.

In order to hold the paper smooth upon the delivery-cylinder D and prevent buckling or misplacement while the sheet P is being carried upon said delivery-cylinder, I provide a roller J, which is secured in some desirable,

manner to the frame of the machine and lies in close proximity to the cylinder D as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The driving mechanism K of my machine is fitted upon the outside of the frame of the machine and has operative connection with the gears B D hereinbefore described. The mechanism is described as follows: To the end of the frame of said machine adjacent to the gears, hereinbefore described, I afiiX a yoke A. Extending from the outer side of this yoke to the intermediate side member A and journaled to the saidyoke it and member A, respectively, is a shaft iv. The shaft carries a gear 71:, which coacts with the gear G, hereinbefore described. Upon this shaft and within the yoke irare fitted two belt-pulleys 7: K73, the pulley k revolving freely upon said shaft it and. the pulley 70 being firmly affixed to said shaft and carrying said shaft 7a with it in its revolutions. These pulleys 70 and I? lie in close relation with each other, and it is designed that the power-belt may be shifted from one to the other with ease. This transfer of the power-belt is accomplished by a shifting device if, consisting of a fork embracing said belt, operated by a handle and lever attached to the frame of the machine. WV hen the belt is in contact with the pulley the machine is at rest and out of contact with the power, inasmuch as the pulley k is arranged to revolve upon said shaft k as an axle. Upon the transfer of the belt to the pulley 75, which is firmly attached to the shaft k, the power is applied to the machine, which is at once set into operation. Upon the shifting of the belt back to the pulley k the machine is released from the power and comes to rest. To the outer end of the shaft k I aflix a hand-wheel k, by which the machine may be moved when released from the motive power.

My machine is designed to slit a sheet of paper into two or more smaller sheets and theregulation of the size and number of the product-sheets is effected by the adjustment of the cutters B B and G C. The upper cutters B B can be moved along the shaft B or removed from the shaft, if desired, and after adjustment to the required position one with the other they may be adjusted nicely to the lower cutters C C by the removal or insertion of the washers (1*. The cutters C and B should be adjusted to overlap each other a short distance, and this adjustment is effected by raising or lowering the shaft B by the adjustingscrews B B.

I claim as my invention 1. In a paper-slitting machine, means for slitting paper and the like, consisting of a cylinder fitted with a series of cutting edges and coacting with said edges, rotary cutters seated upon a shaft and consisting each of two parts, the one adjustably secured to said shaft and the other, bearing the knife or cutting edge and having resilient connection with said adjustable part, consisting of a shank passing into a suitable recess in said adjustable part, a screw fitted in saidknife-bearing part, the head of which screw is slidingly retained in an elongated slot in said adjustable part, and spring-seated posts holding said parts normally away from the point of closest contact, and means for adjusting said cutters upon said shaft and means for actuating said shaft and said cutting-cylinder.

2. In a paper-slitting machine, means for slitting paper and the like, comprising a series of rotary cutters and coacting therewith a cutting-cylinder, consisting of a shaft journaled as to its ends to the frame of the machine, two

cylinder-heads, one permanently secured to the said shaft near its end, the other-feathered upon said shaft, intermediate the said heads a series of circular knife-frames feathered upon the said shaft and presenting at their peripheries smooth surfaces, circular knives attached to the saidknife-frames, means for adjusting the said knives upon the said shaft, consisting of washers of different thicknesses inserted between the said knife-frames, tie-bolts securing the parts of the said cutting-cylinder and means for actuating the said rotary cutters and the said cutting-cylinder.

3. In a paper-slitting machine, the combination with cutting-cylinders and means for operating the same a feed-table and adjustable paper-guides G, G, and means for actuating the same consisting of a shaft bearing said guides and journaled to the frame of the machine parallel with and immediately in front of the said cutting-cylinders, a-crank-arm fitted upon one end of the said guide-shaft, and having relation as to its free end with a cam attached to one of the gears of the said machine and means for actuating said guides and means for adjusting them upon the said guideshaft.

4. In a paper-slitting machine the combi nation with cutting-cylinders and means for operating the same and a feed-table, of an an: tomatic paper-smoothing device consisting of a brush supported by a number of arms fixed to a rotating shaft, and means for automatically rotating said shaft, whereby said brush is raised from and lowered onto the said feedtable.

5. In a paper-slitting machine, the combi- IIO operating the same, and a feed-table, of an aunation With cutting-cylinders and means for tomatic paper-smoothing brush, consisting of a long, narrow brush designed to rest upon the paper sheet upon the feed-table, Which brush is attached at its ends by knuckle-joints to two curved arms, Which extend over the cutting-cylin ;lers and are attached to a shaft Which lies in front of the cutting-cylinders and is journaled to the frame of the machine, and a compound lever attached to said shaft and giving it relation With a cam attached to one of the gears of the said machine, and means for operating the same.

6. A paper-slitting machine consisting of a cutting-cylinder and coacting therewith a series of rotary cutters, a feed-table, automatic paper-guides, an automatic sheet-smoothing brush, a delivery-cylinder, two series of paper-grippers fitted respectively to the cuttingcylinder and the delivery-cylinder and operating in relation With each other, a receivingboX, gears fitted to the said rotary cutters, the cutting-cylinder and the delivery-cylinder and operating in relation one with the other and With a power-gear, and means for actuating the said gears.

7. A paper-slitting machine consisting of a cutting-cylinder and coacting therewith a series of rotary cutters, a deliv ery-cylindcr, a feed-table, automatic paper-guides, an automatic smoothing-brush, two sets of automatic grippers, a receiving-box and means for actuating said cylinders and series of rotary cutters consisting of interlocking gears to Which motive power is applied, substantially as described and for the purposes herein set forth.

LOWELL H. RICE. W'itnesses:

FRANK SCI-IOENFELD, RUssnLL S. CLARK. 

